Ooooh, Paris the dog..

She doesn't understand the concept of her new dog potty.

Neither does Chewy, as he has joined her below the potty now. I'd grab a picture, but it's too dark now.

I want a cat

Moo, often featured on his owner's blog, is the kind of cat that makes me want a cat even more!!!!

For more of Moo's antics, check out the "Moo" posts at Color Me Katie

I love kitties. Can someone please convince my husband that we NEED a cat?

Argh...Job Searches Are Poo.

I was bored (aka depressed about the job search) the other day and tried to occupy myself and cheer myself up. So I imagined The Most Far-Fetched Professions for Bethany.

I like pictures, so......

1. How about a welder?

Welder

Image from here and photoshopped by me.

HA! Yeah right. Way too ugly of a work outfit. Plus....it's a welder job so.... yeah.

2. Okay, so this next job I actually would totally want, for real. I want to be the person who makes signs like this:

Image from here.

It would satisfy both my need for a job, and also entertain me, since I am apparently as mature as your average ten year-old.

3. Stacy London. I want her job. Totally. I love makeovers, and clothes, and Clinton Kelly.

Image from here and photoshopped by me.

I may not be able to throw around Yiddish words, but I do speak fluent Valley Girl, and I'm really good at judging people's clothing.

Well, it's late. I guess the rest of my brainstorming will come to fruition in a different post.

Things for your head...

Posting music: Jake Shimabukuro: Live

...actually, this post is about things for MY head. I just ordered them on Nordstrom.com.

I LOVE hats. Sadly, I have a long face, so some hats make me look like my head is a mile long. No bucket hats for me!

But I do love my knit hats, my favorite being a purple beanie with a big rhinestone button, but when I wear it with my favorite purple coat, I feel like it's too matchy-matchy. As I was looking around the website to find something to buy with my gift cards, I stumbled upon this beauty:

Nordstrom Knit Flower Beret

at Nordstrom.com

At first I was not a fan, but then I realized it was because I really didn't like the model. I hate her eye makeup, and she has kind of a creepy look on her face. So through the power of my Mac preview tool and powerpoint, I tried it on. Sure enough, I look totes cute in this hat.

Speaking of cute - that's one of my besties, Heather. We were in the seventh row at the Taylor Swift concert.

That night goes down as one of the most awesome nights of my life. Not joking.

P.S. I miss you, Heather!

Now that we've gone over Part 1 of Things for Bethany's Head, let's move on to Part 2.

As you can probably tell from my last post, I have been nesting. I was very inspired by the muted palette of the garage sale rescue painting, seen below:

Sorry about the reflection. Unfortunately my iPhone camera really does not do this painting justice.

So while browsing Nordy's website I also came across this beauty - on SALE no less!

Corsage Pillow

Nordstrom.com

So pretty, right?

I would like to thank my former coworkers at Boeing, without whom I never would have had the Nordstrom gift cards.

P.S. Is that the right way to use "whom?" I get so confused on that one. Please educate me. That means you, Kelsey!

Smile

Inspired by the awesome blog, Color Me Katie, I am making another smile list.

International Accordion Festival Parades

This was in Leavenworth, Washington. I know you are jealous that you weren't there.

Rubiks Cube Parties.

(FYI, I ended up in all-blue)

Flowers from my man.

Bag-Cave Cats.

Babies. This is my nephew, who is now two, and HILARIOUS (see High Fiving Fish post).

Paris Hilton in a helmet-y baby hat, with straight-from-the-early-nineties dayglo colors.

You can tell she is imploring us to take it off of her.

Going to dinners on Boeing's dime with my co-workers (those days are gone now).

And....making finger guns.

Spider-Hunting Bathtub Cats

Invisible Bag Cats.

Peeking Cats.

Cats and dogs playing together. Toastie is in the fort.

He darts out paws, trying to hit Chewy. Chewy gets excited.

Dogs wearing Elf outfits at Christmas time.

(her pointy hat had fallen off)

Boozy Dogs.

Disclaimer: I do not actually give my dogs lots of booze, and I do not approve of doing that either.

Dogs in boots.

Basically, I love dogs, babies, and cats.

And Booze.

Sneak Peek

Yes, that is "peek." I have seen tons of people writing "peak" lately in the place of "peek." It's an epidemic on blogs and facebook, and it drives me nuts.

Anyway, the sneak PEEK is just a few glimpses of my house. Sadly it is still not organized enough to photograph in whole. That is my goal to have it photo-ready by Monday.

Those of you who are inundated with my posts on facebook have already seen most of these. Just kidding. I just took a few more.

Here I am, right now. You can see me in my natural state, just not my house.

Hi, Friends! It's me!

Here are snippets of the house (PS I just realized that all of these except the last photo are mirror-images, so flip them in your mind and that is really what it looks like):

My beloved chaise, and to the left is a pretty built-in armoire.

These two live in our sumo-themed bathroom.

I rescued this watercolor painting from my parents' garage sale.

I can't believe they were going to sell it!

Rick picked the hydrangea on the way home the other night.

That book is OLD, and it belonged to my French grandmother. Also a parent garage sale save. Shame!

I don't think this plant really fits the style I am trying to go for, but I just couldn't resist this bright color!

Especially since leaving my mom's beautiful garden back in Seattle.

This shot is taken from the front room looking into the living room.

The light fixtures and the ceiling molding thingies are original to this house!

The china cabinet on the right is a FANTASTIC find from craigslist.

Here is my lovely floral chair from craigslist again.

That painting above it is a find at the Swedish Cultural Center in Seattle.

I love Monet, and this lady did an amazing oil painting of his Water Lilies painting!

Well that is the sneak peek for now. I have no idea how I will get all of this under control by Monday, but I'll try!

Career changes

Well, I haven't gotten any bites on job applications, so I am trying to brainstorm some new career paths for myself. Here's what I've got so far:

1. Pregnancy - So it doesn't pay well and there aren't health benefits (not to mention we don't have any affordable health benefits right now)... but it is the one alternative occupation that I am 99.9% sure that I can succeed at.

2. Dog Walker - Probably the same "cons" as Pregnancy, with the addition of (a) having to drive in Boston, and (b) having to be outside in inclement weather.

3. Bartender - Good money if I don't mess up or forget any drinks (unlikely), but no health care that I know of.

4. Freelance Writer - Judging from my, like, twelve followers on this blog, this is not where my future lies. Not to mention I have no training in writing, with the exception of regular school and the GMAT prep-books.

5. Dog breeder - That would be a GREAT career track for me if, (a) it had health benefits, and (b) I could somehow manage to actually let people purchase puppies. That is highly unlikely, and I would just end up sick with, like, 18 dogs and no husband.

Any of my twelve readers have any other ideas?